KPMG Nigeria, last week in Lagos launched what it described as KPMG Insights Centre, which is said to be the firm’s first and foremost Digital Centre designed to provide digital solutions to its clients to become more competitive in the industry.
The Centre, which is located at the KPMG Tower in Lagos, Nigeria, brings together the firm’s collective capabilities across signal sensing, design thinking, data and analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital transformation, strategy, business process and technology.
“With the rate and pace of disruption in the market, KPMG is constantly focused on making strategic short and long-term investments that address market disruption and support a transformation journey,” said Kunle Elebute, Senior Partner, KPMG in Nigeria and Chairman, KPMG Africa.
He added that KPMG is excited to open the Insights Centre in Lagos, explaining that it will help the firm to bring together its capabilities in innovation, facilitation and leading/ emerging technologies in a new way that represents how KPMG is transforming businesses across the industry and how we can help our clients succeed.
The emergence of disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, augmented/ virtual reality and platform business models promise greater efficiency and lower costs, but many organizations find it challenging to capitalize on these new technologies. KPMG is able to help businesses navigate the signals of disruption that are impacting their business, establish strategic approaches to evolving their business models, financial models and operating models, and design technology solutions that can support their organizational needs.
A vast majority sees technology as the only significant disruption their business faces. The KPMG Insights Centre enables the firm to anticipate technology advances and monitor the signals of disruption in order to support the modernization of business, including human-centered design thinking and ways of working.
The KPMG Insights Center in Lagos, Nigeria, incorporates:
Insights Center: A state-of-the-art facility to showcase the art of the possible using data and analytics, artificial intelligence and digital capabilities. Companies can engage in real-time data exploration, scenario testing, and prototype development for big data systems, data visualization, machine learning, predictive analytics, and optimization.
Innovation Lab: KPMG Innovation Labs detect and interpret signals of change from an outside-in perspective. Using proprietary research and tools, customer insights, and robust analysis capabilities, KPMG applies design thinking for business model innovation, enabling our clients to synthesize new outlooks and translate complex signals into actions.
Technology Solutions: Collaborate with leading technology firms to drive transformational outcomes through innovation. The integrated teams of data scientists, developers, engineers, technologists and business specialists support a vast array of enabling solutions including customer, risk, financial and HR analytics, cyber security, tax transformation and technology, robotics and process automation, and other data-driven capabilities.
The Living Room: A mindful space with an exquisite finishing, and an executive innovative space for person-to-person interactions, and a coffee bar.
The KPMG Insights Centre in Lagos, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria and the KPMG Africa network, ranks equally with other KPMG Insights Centres in Chicago, New York, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, Madrid and a few other cities across the world.